Written answers
Tuesday, 11 November 2008
Department of Finance
Decentralisation Programme
10:00 pm
John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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Question 210: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of sites and buildings designated for decentralisation that have been acquired by the State; the amount each site or property cost the State; and when it was acquired. [39285/08]
Martin Mansergh (Tipperary South, Fianna Fail)
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Details of the sites and buildings acquired under the decentralisation programme, the costs incurred to date, and when they were acquired, are outlined in the following table.
| Location | Occupier | Site acquisition costs | Annual lease/rent | Project construction costs to date | Fit Out costs excl VAT, fees and Furniture | Year Acquired |
| € | € | € | € | |||
| Athlone | Dept. of Education & Science (includes local office rationalisation) | None | 12,489,489 | State Owned | ||
| Athy | Revenue Commissioners | 231,554 | 493,000 | 2007 | ||
| Ballina | Road Safety Authority | 151,641 | 319,000 | 2006 | ||
| Buncrana | Dept. of Social and Family Affairs | 1,105,860 | None | 2,372,671 | 2005 | |
| Carlow | Dept. of Enterprise, Trade and Employment | 1,440,000 | None | 28,000 | 2005 | |
| Carlow | Dept. of Enterprise, Trade and Employment | 369,436 | 2,068,000 | 2007 | ||
| Carrick-on-Shannon | Dept. of Social and Family Affairs | 800,000 | 4,331,000 | 2007 | ||
| Cavan | Dept. of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources and HIQA | 2,900,000 | None | 2006 | ||
| Cavan (4) | Dept. of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources | 102,818 | 196,000 | 2006 | ||
| Claremorris | OPW plus local staff of Dept. Agriculture, D/SFA, PSA and Courthouse | 2,500,000 | None | 2007 | ||
| Claremorris | OPW | 68,712 | 725,106 | 2007 | ||
| Clonakilty | Dept. of Agriculture, BIM & Others | 2,875,000 | None | 12,932,941 | 2005 | |
| Clonakilty (Lease 1) | Dept. of Agriculture, BIM & Others | 157,480 | 118,855 | 2006 | ||
| Clonakilty (Lease 2) | Dept. of Agriculture, BIM & Others | 118,910 | 116,744 | 2006 | ||
| Cork | HIQA | 370,420 | 884,049 | 2008 | ||
| Drogheda | SFA, CIB, (& Courts Service) | 12,400,000 | None | 2007 | ||
| Dundalk | Sustainable Energy Ireland | 96,000 | 190,000 | 2008 | ||
| Dungarvan | OSI | 2,100,000 | None | 2006 | ||
| Edenderry | Dept. of Education & Science | 1,500,000 | None | 2006 | ||
| Furbo | Dept. of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs | None | 2,805,325 | State Owned | ||
| Furbo | Dept. of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs | 24,382 | 22,000 | 2004 |
| Location | Occupier | Site acquisition costs | Annual lease/rent | Project construction costs to date | Fit Out costs excl VAT, fees and Furniture | Year Acquired |
| € | € | € | € | |||
| Killarney | Dept. of Arts, Sport and Tourism | 4,500,000 | None | 13,972,099 | 2005 | |
| Killarney | Dept. of Arts, Sport and Tourism | 140,000 | 64,000 | 2006 | ||
| Kilrush | Revenue Commissioners | 85,050 | 411,000 | 2007 | ||
| Limerick | Dept. Of Foreign Affairs | 833,112 | 6,086,000 | 2008 | ||
| Limerick | Dept. Of Foreign Affairs | 128,694 | 2006 | |||
| Listowel | Revenue Commissioners | 183,000 | 1,352,000 | 2007 | ||
| Longford | Irish Prisons Service | 576,250 | None | 18,478,714 | 2005 | |
| Loughrea | Transport | 139,235 | 572,000 | 2007 | ||
| Mullingar | Dept. of Education & Science | 8,250,000 | None | 20,559 | 2007 | |
| Navan | Dept. of Justice, Equality and Law Reform | 440,000 | 3,093,740 | 2008 | ||
| Navan | Revenue Commissioners | 575,360 | 2,135,235 | 2007 | ||
| Newbridge | Department of Defence | 6,300,000 | None | 5,757,000 | 2008 | |
| Newcastlewest | Revenue Commissioners | 325,000 | None | 2,141,110 | 2005 | |
| Newcastlewest | Revenue Commissioners | 68,771 | 2006 | |||
| Portarlington | NCCA, DATA PC, Equality Tribunal, NEWB | 73,500 | 2006 | |||
| Portlaoise (Lease 2) | Dept. of Agriculture | 264,640 | 106,000 | 2006 | ||
| Portlaoise (Lease 1) | Dept. of Agriculture | 191,000 | 2005 | |||
| Portlaoise (Lease 3) | Dept. of Agriculture | 75,000 | 2008 | |||
| Portlaoise (Lease 4) | NCCA, Equality Tribunal | 69,661 | 357,952 | 2008 | ||
| Portlaoise | Dept. of Agriculture | 1,027,636 | None | 1,247,148 | 2007 | |
| Roscommon | Land Registry | 3,000,000 | None | 2007 | ||
| Roscrea | Equality Authority, Garda Authority (Ombudsman) | 108,000 | 2007 |
| Location | Occupier | Site acquisition costs | Annual lease/rent | Project construction costs to date | Fit Out costs excl VAT, fees and Furniture | Year Acquired |
| € | € | € | € | |||
| Sligo | Dept. of Social and Family Affairs | None | 12,595,481 | State Owned | ||
| Sligo | Dept. of Social and Family Affairs | 27,926 | 2006 | |||
| Thomastown | H.S.A. | 1,800,000 | None | 2008 | ||
| Thurles (Lease 1) | Garda Fines Office — Temporary Accommodation | 186,186 | 1,267,000 | 2007 | ||
| Thurles (Lease 2) | Garda Vetting Unit | 66,254 | 262,271 | 2005 | ||
| Thurles | Garda Branches plus Revenue Commissioners and DSFA | 967,500 | None | 2005 | ||
| Tipperary Town (Lease 1) | Private Security Authority | 108,200 | 2005 | |||
| Tipperary Town | Private Security Authority | None | 3,349,429 | 2006 | ||
| Tipperary Town (Lease 2) | Dept. of Justice / INIS | 103,597 | 800,693 | 2008 | ||
| Tipperary Town | Dept. of Justice / INIS | 1,625,000 | None | 2006 | ||
| Trim | OPW | 67,752 | 43,000 | 2007 | ||
| Trim | OPW | 3,600,000 | None | 12,500,000 | 2006 | |
| Knock | Dept. of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs | 390,000 | None | 2005 | ||
| Tubbercurry (Lease 1) | Dept. of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs | 86,755 | 81,000 | 2006 | ||
| Tubbercurry (Lease 2) | Dept. of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs | 88,138 | 321,318 | 2008 | ||
| Tullamore | Dept. Of Finance (building purchased) | 10,034,000 | None | 2006 | ||
| Waterford | Dept. of Environment, Heritage and Local Government | 8,000,000 | None | 2008 | ||
| Wexford | Dept. of Environment, Heritage and Local Government | 3,500,000 | None | 6,860,000 | 2007 | |
| Wexford | Dept. of Environment, Heritage and Local Government | 75,000 | 206,000 | 2007 | ||
| TOTALS | 80,716,246 | 6,305,764 | 113,635,966 | 19,652,914 |
John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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Question 211: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount the process of decentralisation has cost the taxpayer to date excluding the cost of all sites or buildings acquired; and the cost for each individual location. [39286/08]
Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The following table sets out the non-property costs incurred by my Department and the bodies under the aegis of my Department for the decentralisation process broken down by location to end September 2008.
| Department/Body | Location | Cost |
| € | ||
| Finance | Tullamore | 741,509 |
| Revenue | Kilrush | 130,218 |
| Listowel | 130,590 | |
| Navan | 183,810 | |
| Athy | 123,574 | |
| Non-salary administrative costs for all locations | 448,990 | |
| Office of Public Works (OPW) | Trim | 21,622 |
| Claremorris | ||
| Kanturk | ||
| Public Appointments Service (PAS) | Youghal | 5,307 |
| Valuation Office | Youghal | Nil |
Up to the end of September 2008 my Department has incurred expenditure in the amount of €492,696 in relation to the Decentralisation Implementation Group and €1,864,429 in relation to the Central Decentralisation Unit. The PAS has incurred expenditure in the amount of €533,509 in relation to the staffing of the Central Applications Facility to facilitate the decentralisation programme. The OPW have incurred €268,151 for travel and subsistence in connection with the overall decentralisation programme. Details of the staffing costs and a breakdown by location of the above non-property costs incurred by the OPW in connection with the overall decentralisation programme to end September 2008, will be forwarded directly to the Deputy.
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